Once I installed the new drivers 13.1 on my laptop, I sighted that my OS crashed when the display is off. When I'm closing the laptop, and then opening it again, my Window 8 Pro shows me the "Blue Screen of Death". There are some phrases, and one of them is "ERROR blabla SYSTEM_THREAD blabla". However, before I hadn't this problem with drivers 12.8.

I tried to reinstall/deinstall this new driver, I tried to install the newest beta drivers 13.2, but the system was crashing repeatedly in the time of reinstalling. I don't want to reinstall my Windows but I think it is right way to destroy this problem.

Computer is a Emachines E732ZG

Graphics Card - AMD Radeon HD 6370M

AMD Catalyst Driver Version, and Driver History - I took it from AMD website: 13-1-legacy_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc.exe

Operating System - Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x64

Issue Details - When the display is off, e.g. when I'm closing the laptop, the system crashes

No, Windows 8 wasn't installed on my notebook originally. I bought this OS and installed it on "empty" notebook, i.e. with full format of HDD. Then I downloaded package of drivers from Emashines' website and installed them on my OS. The package contained the AMD VGA driver with AMD Catalyst Control Center. However, this driver was old, and I downloaded new (at the moment of downloading) driver 12.8 or 12.10 and installed it. It worked fine.

However, some times ago I downloaded from AMD's website and installed new driver (13.1), because manufacturer of drivers recommend install the newest version of software and drivers. Now I have got strange problem with my Win8, BSOD with text: "System_Thread_Exception_Not_Handled", after BSOD laptop is rebooting. And now I need some help for solve this problem.

With regard to your link on forum. I think this forum is not work, because last message was in summer 2012. And I didn't found something information about my problem.

The AMD Mobility Radeon™ graphics driver supplied by the notebook manufacturer is customized for the built-in display and the features and functions specific to the notebook. It is recommended to use the drivers provided by the notebook manufacturer.

If installing an operating system other than the one currently supported by the notebook, the notebook may not meet all requirements. As such supported graphics drivers may not be available.

The AMD Mobility Radeon Driver Verification Tool will display the following error if it fails to validate the graphics hardware. This is due to incompatible hardware/configuration in your notebook. Please contact the notebook manufacturer for assistance.

The AMD Mobility Radeon Driver Verification tool helps you determine your notebook’s compatibility with generic AMD Catalyst Mobility drivers. It helps to prevent incorrect installation on incompatible notebooks which may lead to disabled features or functionality.

If you experience difficulty while using the generic AMD Catalyst Mobility drivers, we recommend reverting to the driver provided by your notebook vendor. Please contact your notebook vendor for their most recent graphics drivers." end quote.

The best thing to do is 1. Make sure you have the latest bios from the manufacturer. 2. Download and use the drivers they offer. In CCC, uncheck the box that says "automatically check for driver updates".

I solved this problem without reinstall the OS. I remembered that Windows could boot in the "Safe mode" where the video driver is not booting. I deleted the driver and installed the AMD Mobility Driver 12.10 after normal boot. It is work fine.